NONINTERACTING BEAMS OF BALLISTIC 2-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRONS

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作者
SPECTOR, J
STORMER, HL
BALDWIN, KW
PFEIFFER, LN
WEST, KW
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[1] AT and T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
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10.1063/1.104683
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
We demonstrate that two beams of two-dimensional ballistic electrons in a GaAs-AlGaAs heterostructure can penetrate each other with negligible mutual interaction analogous to the penetration of two optical beams. This allows electrical signal channels to intersect in the same plane with negligible crosstalk between the channels.
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